“Taking care of the environment is not an obligation – our environment is our life.” Sadhguru Global warming is increasing Wildlife is going extinct Water scarcity is spreading But there’s a bigger problem... SOIL ITSELF IS GOING EXTINCT 52% of World’s Agricultural Soils Already Degraded - UN Food & Agriculture Organisation 23 Hectares of Cropland Desertified Every Minute 30 Football Fields Every Minute! - UN Environment UN SAYS WE HAVE SOIL LEFT ONLY FOR ANOTHER 60 YEARS SOIL EXTINCTION 87% of all life depends on topsoil Soil Extinction 95% of humanity’s food comes from topsoil Soil Extinction 800 million people already suffer hunger Soil Extinction Soil depletion has robbed our food of nutrients Hidden Hunger 60% drop in protein in Indian vegetables 87% drop in mineral nutrients in US vegetables Hidden Hunger 2 billion people suffer nutrition deficiency Scientists also warn that soil degradation is a climate change time bomb Degraded soils can release 850 billion tonnes of CO2 Equal to last 30 years of humanity’s emissions Global Warming Global Warming This massive emission will alter the climate beyond repair WHY IS THIS HAPPENING? Loss of organic content and carbon turns rich soil into sand. To sustain agriculture, minimum organic carbon in soil should be 3%. 62% of India has less than 0.5% organic carbon. The Problem United States has lost 50% of its topsoil. In major European agricultural nations, 75-85% of soil has less than 2% carbon. The Problem